Yesterday's Self: Nostalgia and the Immigrant Identity - Brossura

Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu

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ISBN 10: 0742513610 ISBN 13: 9780742513617

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2002

Riassunto

In Yesterday's Self, Andreea Ritivoi explores the philosophical and historical dimensions of nostalgia in the lives of immigrants, forging a connection between current trends in the philosophy of identity and intercultural studies. The book considers such questions as, Does attachment to one's native culture preclude or merely influence adaptation into a new culture? Do we fashion our identity in interdependence with others, or do we shape it in a non-contingent frame? Is it possible to assimilate in an unfamiliar world without risking self-alienation? Ritivoi's response: nostalgia is both the poison and the cure in such situations.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Andreea Deciu Ritivoi is assistant professor of English and rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University. She has previously published The Tale of a Lost City: Demolished Homes in Bucharest and The Other as Myself: Essays on Personal Identity.

Product Description:

Book by Ritivoi Andreea Deciu

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0742513610
• ISBN 13: 9780742513617
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 184